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Dame Sharon White
Chair, John Lewis Parternship
Sharon became the Partnership's sixth Chairman in February 2020. Sharon moved from Ofcom, the UK's communications regulator, where she served as Chief Executive. Before joining Ofcom, Sharon was Second Permanent Secretary at the Treasury, responsible for overseeing the public finances. She also held Board level positions at the Ministry of Justice and the Department for International Development: worked as an adviser at the Prime Minister's Policy Unit and in Washington DC as a senior economist at the World Bank. Sharon is also a trained economist and studied at Cambridge University and University College London.
Vicki Gedge
Credit Research Analyst, PIMCO
Ms. Gedge is an executive vice president and credit analyst in the London office, focusing on the European consumer and telecom sectors. Ms. Gedge also serves on the PIMCO Families steering committee. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2019, she was a senior credit analyst at Goldman Sachs Asset Management and a member of the firm’s ESG (environmental, social and governance) working group, helping to oversee the integration of ESG factors into credit research. Ms. Gedge previously worked for PIMCO as a credit analyst and started her career as a sell-side analyst at Barclays Capital. She has 19 years of investment experience and holds an undergraduate degree in accounting and finance from Loughborough University. She also holds the Investment Management Certificate.
John Studzinski CBE
Vice Chairman, PIMCO
Mr. Studzinski CBE is Vice Chairman of PIMCO and a managing director. As vice chairman, he helps advance PIMCO’s global strategy and serves as a key strategic advisor to many clients around the world. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2018, he was vice chairman, investor relations and business development, and a senior managing director at Blackstone, overseeing sovereign and institutional investor relationships and advising large family offices. Mr. Studzinski was previously head of European investment banking at Morgan Stanley and deputy chairman of Morgan Stanley International. Mr. Studzinski is the co-founder of the Arise Foundation, which partners with local networks to stop human trafficking, and vice-chair emeritus of Human Rights Watch. He is also founder and chairman of the Genesis Foundation, a U.K.-based charity that supports young artists. He has 35 years of investment experience and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College. In 2008, the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List named him Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for services to the arts and charity.
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